(VNA) - Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan received Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Simeon Dyankov in Hanoi on Thursday. Nhan spoke highly of the outcomes of Dyankov’s working sessions with the Vietnamese Ministers of National Defence, Finance, Education and Training, and Culture, Sports and Tourism, saying that Vietnam-Bulgaria cooperation has improved through specific projects in several fields.

Deputy PM Nhan receiving Bulgarian Deputy PM and Finance Minister Dyankov (Photo: CPV)

Vietnam pins high faith upon the two countries’ joint initiative on a new economic cooperation model, which will create a momentum for more effective and practical development of bilateral economic, trade and investment relations, he said. The Vietnamese Deputy PM expressed his wish that Bulgaria’s relevant agencies will continue to closely coordinate with their Vietnamese counterparts, particularly the Ministry of Industry and Trade, in signing an agreement on a new cooperation model in 2012.

Dyankov said Bulgaria attaches importance to fostering cooperation with Vietnam in many fields. He expressed his hope that upcoming exhibitions on Vietnam’s ceramics and traditional folk arts in the capital city of Sofia will help strengthen the traditional friendship and cooperation between the two nations.